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title: Admin authentication
description: Admin authentication controls the PingAccess administrator authentication method for the user interface and the admin APIs.
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# Admin authentication

Admin authentication controls the PingAccess administrator authentication method for the user interface and the admin APIs.

For information related to admin authentication in PingAccess, see:

* [Enabling or disabling basic authentication](pa_configuring_basic_authn.html)

* [Enabling or disabling basic authentication](pa_configuring_basic_authn.html)

* [Configuring API authentication](pa_configuring_api_authn.html)

* [Admin UI SSO authentication](pa_configuring_admin_ui_sso_authn_lp.html)

* [Configuring admin UI session properties](pa_configuring_session_properties.html)

* [Configuring an admin token provider](pa_configuring_an_admin_token_provider.html)